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Addressing the syndemic of HIV, hepatitis C, overdose, and COVID-19 among people who use drugs : the potential roles for decriminalization and safe supply Bonn, Matthew; Palayew, Adam; Bartlett, Sofia; Brothers, Thomas D.; Touesnard, Natasha; Tyndall, Mark
Abstract
People who use drugs (PWUD) face concurrent public health emergencies from overdoses, HIV, hepatitis C, and COVID-19, leading to an unprecedented syndemic. Responses such as decriminalization and providing a safe supply of pharmaceutical-grade drugs, that goes beyond treatment, to PWUD could reduce impacts of this syndemic. Solutions already implemented for COVID-19, such as emergency safe supply prescribing and providing housing to people experiencing homelessness, must be sustained once COVID-19 is contained. This pandemic is a catastrophe, but is also a chance to develop and maintain equitable and sustainable solutions to the harms associated with the criminalization of drug use.
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Addressing the syndemic of HIV, hepatitis C, overdose, and COVID-19 among people who use drugs : the potential roles for decriminalization and safe supply
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Addressing the syndemic : potential roles for decriminalization and safe supply
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Alcohol Research
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2020-10-09
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People who use drugs (PWUD) face concurrent public health emergencies from overdoses, HIV,
hepatitis C, and COVID-19, leading to an unprecedented syndemic. Responses such as
decriminalization and providing a safe supply of pharmaceutical-grade drugs, that goes beyond
treatment, to PWUD could reduce impacts of this syndemic. Solutions already implemented for
COVID-19, such as emergency safe supply prescribing and providing housing to people
experiencing homelessness, must be sustained once COVID-19 is contained. This pandemic is a
catastrophe, but is also a chance to develop and maintain equitable and sustainable solutions to
the harms associated with the criminalization of drug use.
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eng
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2021-10-09
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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10.14288/1.0396709
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Bonn M, Palayew A, Bartlett S, Brothers TD, Touesnard N & Tyndall M. (2020). Addressing the Syndemic of HIV, Hepatitis C, Overdose, and COVID-19 Among People Who Use Drugs: The Potential Roles for Decriminalization and Safe Supply. Journal of Studies on Alcohol & Drugs, 81(5), 556-560.
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10.15288/jsad.2020.81.556
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Reviewed
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Faculty; Researcher; Postdoctoral; Graduate; Other
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International